Israel Returning From Captivity

Why, on the bending willows hung

Author: James Joyce
Published in 85 hymnals

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1 Why on the bending willows hung,
Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?
Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion's song denies to sing?

2 Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise;
Let harp and voice unite their strains:
Thy promised King his sceptre sways:
Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns!

3 No taunting foes the song require;
No strangers mock thy captive chain;
But friends provoke the silent lyre,
And brethren ask the holy strain.

4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,
If other lands thy triumphs share:
A heavenly city claims thy song;
A brighter Salem rises there.

5 By foreign streams no longer roam;
Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood:
In every clime behold a home,
In every temple see thy God.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting #521

Author: James Joyce

Joyce, James, M.A., was born at Frome, Somersetshire, Nov. 2, 1781, and was for some years Vicar of Dorking, and died there Oct. 9, 1850. He published A Treatise on Love to God, &c, 1822, The Lays of Truth, a Poem, 1825; and Hymns with Notes, 1849. This last is a small work which he compiled for his parishioners. It is composed of passages of Holy Scripture, Meditations, and 20 Hymns. Of his hymns, the following are in common use:— 1. Disown'd of Heav'n, by man opprest. [On behalf of the Jews.] Tlds appeared in the Christian Observer, Nov., 1809, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, headed, "Hymn applicable to the present condition of the Jews," and signed "J. J." The form in which it is known to modern collections is, "O why should Israel's so… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Why, on the bending willows hung
Title: Israel Returning From Captivity
Author: James Joyce
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #286

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A Collection of Hymns #366

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Church Harmonies #389

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Church Hymnal #264

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Church Poetry #169b

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Church Psalmody #P137.3

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Church Psalmody #P137c

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Evangelical Hymns #226

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #528

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #528

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #482

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #295

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Hymnal #295

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Hymnal #295

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #977

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #903

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #67

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P137c

Mission Songs #140

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H597

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Selah #72c

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Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre #H67

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1123

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1123

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The Book of Worship #396

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The Choir #38b

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The Church Hymnal #405

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The Congregational Hymn Book #866

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The Gospel Psalmist #936

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The Hymnal #295

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The Lecture-Room Hymn-Book #H67

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The New York Choralist #52

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The Psalmist #922

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The Psalmist #922

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The Psalmody #874

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #325c

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The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony #42b

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #348

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #1167

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #922

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #462

A Collection of Hymns for the Sanctuary. Rev.ed. with a Supplement #d107

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d1031

Chapel Hymns #d666

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1182

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d823

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #482

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #977

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d367

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Laudes Domini #547

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Laudes Domini #1054

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Laudes Domini #521

Melodies of the Church #d1135

National Baptist Convention Hymnal #d63

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d816

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Songs for the Lord's House #474

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1123

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1123

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1123

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1123

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Songs of Pilgrimage #1144

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Songs of the Church #666

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d479

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The Baptist Psalmody #1033

The Book of Praise #d911

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P137b

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The Christian Psalmist #P137b

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #295

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d1028

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The Cyber Hymnal #10726

The Modern Harp #d314

The Modern Psalmist #d377

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The New Laudes Domini #1112

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The New York Choralist #51b

The Olive Branch #d184

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d1241

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d1018

The Temple Harp #d135

The Thanksgiving #d284

Union Hymns #d455

Universalist Hymn Book #d629

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1065

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